Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021

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Editorial changes made in sections 10, 16, and Schedule 1 on 18 January 2022 under section 87(l)(i), (ii), and (iii) of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021

Public Act		2021 No 59
Date of assent		20 December 2021
Commencement		see section 2

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal Act
	Part 1 Urban intensification policies and other matters
	Subpart 1—Interpretation and definitions
4	Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
5	Section 43AA amended (Interpretation)
6	Section 43AAC amended (Meaning of proposed plan)
	Subpart 2—Specified territorial authority must incorporate medium density residential standards and intensification policies into district plan
7	Section 53 amended (Changes to or review or revocation of national policy statements)
8	New section 77E inserted (Local authority may make rule about financial contributions)
	77E	Local authority may make rule about financial contributions
9	New sections 77F to 77T and cross-headings inserted
		Interpretation of sections 77F to 77T and Schedule 3A
	77F	Interpretation
		Intensification requirements in residential zones
	77G	Duty of specified territorial authorities to incorporate MDRS and give effect to policy 3 or 5 in residential zones
	77H	Requirements in Schedule 3A may be modified to enable greater development
	77I	Qualifying matters in applying medium density residential standards and policy 3 to relevant residential zones
	77J	Requirements in relation to evaluation report
	77K	Alternative process for existing qualifying matters
	77L	Further requirement about application of section 77I(j)
	77M	Effect of incorporation of MDRS in district plan on new applications for resource consents and on some existing designations
		Intensification requirements in non-residential zones
	77N	Duty of specified territorial authorities to give effect to policy 3 or policy 5 in non-residential zones
	77O	Qualifying matters in application of intensification policies to urban non-residential areas
	77P	Requirements governing application of section 77O
	77Q	Alternative process for existing qualifying matters
	77R	Further requirements about application of section 77O(j)
		Amendment of NPS-UD
	77S	Amendment of NPS-UD
		Financial contributions
	77T	Review of financial contributions provisions
	Subpart 3—Specified territorial authority must notify intensification planning instrument
10	New subpart 5A of Part 5 inserted
		Subpart 5A—Intensification planning instruments and intensification streamlined planning process
	80D	What this subpart and Part 6 of Schedule 1 do
		Intensification planning instruments
	80E	Meaning of intensification planning instrument
	80F	Specified territorial authority must notify IPI
	80G	Limitations on IPIs and ISPP
	80H	IPI must show how MDRS are incorporated
		Tier 2 territorial authorities
	80I	Regulations requiring tier 2 territorial authority to change district plan
		Tier 3 territorial authorities
	80J	Tier 3 territorial authority may request regulations requiring territorial authority to change district plan
	80K	Regulations requiring tier 3 territorial authority to change district plan
		Ministerial direction
	80L	Minister may make direction
	80M	Amendment of direction
	80N	Specified territorial authority must comply with direction
	Subpart 4—When rules incorporating MDRS have legal effect
11	Section 86B amended (When rules in proposed plans have legal effect)
12	New section 86BA inserted (Immediate legal effect of rules in IPI prepared using ISPP)
	86BA	Immediate legal effect of rules in IPI prepared using ISPP
	Subpart 5—Other amendments
13	Section 104 amended (Consideration of applications)
14	Section 224 amended (Restrictions upon deposit of survey plan)
	Part 2 Amendments to schedules and new schedules
	Subpart 1—Intensification streamlined planning process
15	Part 2 of Schedule 1 amended
16	New Part 6 inserted into Schedule 1
	105	Minister must decide on rejected and alternative recommendations
	Subpart 2—Other amendments
17	New Schedules 3A and 3B inserted
18	Schedule 12 amended
	Schedule 1 New Schedule 3A inserted
	Schedule 2 New Schedule 3B inserted
	Schedule 3 New Part 5 inserted into Schedule 12
	Legislative history
	Administrative information

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